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Elle

Elle by Besnard, Albert (1849-1934)

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Title
Elle
Author
Besnard, Albert (1849-1934)
Seller
Liber Antiquus (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
N.p. [France]: No printer [by the artist], 1900. FIRST STATE (of two), before the addition of the artist’s signature in the plate. Hardcover. Fine. All plates in fine condition, with some glue residue on the versos at the upper corners (probably from earlier mounting), far from the images. One sheet lightly spotted. Housed in a modern custom, chemise-lined black Morocco box (41.5 x 29 cm.). A complete set of Albert Besnard’s striking suite of 26 etchings on the theme of death, printed on vellum and signed by the artist. This is one of only four copies printed on vellum. The other five sets (the edition was limited to nine impressions) were printed on paper (vélin d'Arches.) At least one of the other vellum copies has been dispersed (a single print on vellum is held, as part of a set (of the second, 1921 issue) on paper, at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.) Coppier (1920) and Delteil (1926) tell us that Besnard used the technique known as “retroussage” (using a piece of soft, fine muslin to slightly soften the effect of the printed lines) during the printing of two of the vellum copies. I have not been able to ascertain whether or not this is one of those two. “Les épreuves de ce premier état, tirées ‘à fleur de métal’ , sont d'une remarquable qualité, Elles sont toutes signées de l'artiste.”(Delteil) “The title of the series of prints, Elle, refers to Death (La Mort). The series is considered one of Albert Besnard's most significant works in printmaking and depicts the omnipresence of death among the living. In this series, Death is shown in several scenes in the disguise of the mistress of the household, of a courtesan, or of a lover. Death appears in all aspects of daily life, striking when one least expects it, on the path of a horse rider or as a couple embraces in a garden. One scene is particularly cruel, as Death stands in front of a mother with two young children on her lap, and the title of the print elucidates what is at stake: Lequel? (Which One?). In Après sa visite (After the Visit), a man and a woman hide their faces in despair. On the other hand, in L'Importune (Importunate), a doctor by a patient's bedside pushes her away. In Danger passé (Danger Passed), a horse rider continues on, unscathed. Other prints demonstrate the benevolence of Death who can bring relief. In one scene, Death brings together a couple under her cloak. “In 1900, the French banker, collector, and patron Baron Joseph Vitta (1860-1940) commissioned the series Elle from Besnard. The series was to include 50 plates, of which only 26 were editioned. (A 27th plate, titled L'homme suivant la Mort, was realized but destroyed after only two proofs were pulled). Vitta controlled the preliminary drawings, the plates, and the printed impressions, and limited the size of the edition. The first printing of the series comprised only nine proofs of each plate. A second state of the series, with the addition of Besnard's monogram, was printed in nineteen impressions in 1921. An additional set of impressions of the 1921 issue was offered to the printer of the series, Auguste Vernant. The plates were then cancelled (impressions of the cancelled plates are at the Bibliothèque nationale in Paris). “Born in Paris, Albert Besnard entered the École des Beaux-Arts in 1866. He exhibited at the Salon of 1868 and won the Prix de Rome in 1874. While in Rome, he met Charlotte Dubray (1854-1931), the daughter of the sculptor Vital Dubray (1813-1892), and a sculptor herself, who benefited from the sponsorship of the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland to study sculpture in Rome. After their marriage in 1879, the couple moved to London. There, Dubray had numerous contacts and Besnard received numerous commissions as a portrait painter. He also studied printmaking with Alphonse Legros. Their four children, three sons and a daughter, became artists. Besnard was the director of the Académie de France in Rome from 1913-1921 and the director of the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris from 1922 to 1932. He became the first painter to be given a state funeral in France.”(Getty) “With Elle, Besnard resurrected and modernized the ancient dance of death, adapting its imagery to current tastes while retaining the themes of the power of death and the equality of all before it. Death portrayed by Besnard (the eponymous ‘She’ of the title) is an omnipresent force that circulates among the members of modern society. Lurking in the bushes and gutters, she occasionally takes on the features of a prostitute or a lover. She is a tenacious and patient adversary, usually triumphing over her prey through trickery or duplicity. She is everywhere at once; she strikes arbitrarily and mercilessly. “Besnard's images illustrate only a few of the countless occasions when Death manifests itself. Many scenes are imbued with black humor, the effect of surprise, and macabre turns of events. Some are poignant, others terrifying. All remind us that death plays a very real and very active role in every aspect of our lives.”(Musée des Beaux-Arts du Canada, www.beaux-arts.ca) Besnard himself established the order of the prints: Exigeante (D. 131); Dans la Foule (D. 132); L'Accident (D. 133); L'Obstacle (D. 134); Danger Passé (D. 135); L'Inconnue (D. 136); Importune (D. 137); L'Enigme (D. 138); Le Mystère (D. 139); Après sa Visite (D. 140); Ponctuelle (D. 141); Aux Aguets (D. 142); Le Coup de Filet (D. 143); Musicienne (D. 144); Le Vertige (D. 145); Lequel? (D. 146); La Possession (D. 147); Discrète (D. 148); Le Duel (D. 149); la Présentation (D. 150); L'Orgie (D. 151); Charitable (D. 152); Coquette (D. 153); L'Avertissement (D. 154); Elle consacre l'Amour (D. 155); Indifférente (D. 156).
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Uncle Tom's Cabin by CRUIKSHANK George STOWE Harriet Beecher

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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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CRUIKSHANK George STOWE Harriet Beecher
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Bauman Rare Books (United States)
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1852. STOWE, Harriet Beecher. Uncle Tom's Cabin. With Twenty-seven Illustrations on Wood by George Cruikshank. London: John Cassell, 1852. Thirteen parts. Octavo, original pale yellow wrappers, bound by string; housed in a custom chemise and solander box. $8100.Second English edition (published the same year as the Boston first edition) of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s galvanizing novel of slavery, the first to feature illustrations by celebrated artist George Cruikshank, in the very fragile original thirteen issues.""The social impact of Uncle Tom's Cabin on the United States was greater than that of any book before or since"" (PMM 332). Harriet Beecher Stowe's controversial novel proved immediately successful upon its publication in book form, and publishers in England, aware of the nation's large and vocal anti-slavery contingent, quickly issued their own editions (14 English editions appeared in 1852 alone). This edition, with frontispiece, title page vignette and 27 full-page wood engravings after George Cruikshank, is frequently referred to as the first English edition; however, BAL asserts that the C.H. Clarke edition was advertised as being available in April 1852, while the first part of Cassell's edition was not available until October 1852. As noted in the Cruikshank bibliography, the edition in parts was printed ""in yellow paper printed wrappers of very poor quality, and hence difficult to get in a good state"" (Cohn, George Cruikshank: A Catalogue Raissoné, 777). See: BAL 19518, Note; Grolier English 100 91; Grolier American 100 61. Cohn 777. Fragile wrappers fresh and clean with virtually no wear. Very rare in such outstanding condition.
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Dickens, Charles

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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
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Dickens, Charles
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London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. First edition. Near Fine. A handsome, Near Fine copy. Bound in publisher's full maroon morocco gilt, all edges gilt, yellow endpapers. While copies of this work in the publisher's deluxe binding usually appear in a green morocco, this example is in a much scarcer maroon morocco in much the same style. Complete with the frontisportrait (in the first state) and thirty-nine plates. Minor rubbing to extremities. The usual spotting to plates, but cleaner than is usually seen. A scarce and attractive survival in the scarce publisher's maroon morocco. "Dickens' third novel has always been a favourite with the general public. Indeed, it was the book's huge sales that enabled Dickens to give up parliamentary reporting and become a full-time writer...The theatricality of the novel attracted new and more appreciative critical attention [and it] demonstrates the inextricable link between public and private" (Bannerjee). A satire tackling the injustices faced by both women and men within the Victorian class system that relied so heavily the social status of the patriarch, the novel follows Nicholas Nickleby as he seeks to support his mother and sister after his father's death. When Nicholas' father dies after losing all of the family's money, it is up to the young man to emerge as the new and more morally sound patriarch. Dashing and likable, Nicholas ultimately prevails, dodging shady characters along the way and securing a respectable life in Devonshire for his extended family. Smith, Part I: 5. Near Fine.
Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe

Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe by Eliot, George

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Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe
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Eliot, George
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Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
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Near Fine
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Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1861. First edition. Near Fine. Octavo (7 3/4 x 4 13/16 inches; 197 x 122 mm.). [6], 364 pp. plus 16 pp. publisher's advertisements, [4,unnumbered ads for the third edition of "Autobiography of Dr Alexander Carlyle"] pp. Original cinnamon diagonal ripple-grain cloth (Carter A, no priority established) with covers decoratively paneled in blind and spine decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt. Top edge rough-trimmed, fore and bottom edges trimmed. Original cream-colored endpapers. Booksellers ticket "Gilbert Brothers, Gracechurch St, London" on front paste-down. Neat ink presentation dated 1861 on front free-endpaper. Minimal rubbing to corners and spine extremities. Rear inner hinge just starting, some light foxing. Chemised in a quarter red morocco slip-case. A Near Fine copy overall. The advertisements are in placing "b" (eight plus two leaves, at rear, with the advertisements for the third edition of Autobiography of Dr Alexander Carlyle following the publisher's catalogue), and the "New Works" list is in the earlier form, with pp. [1] and [2] listing three and four titles respectively (p. [1]: John Petherick's Egypt, Soudan, and Central Africa, Sir Archibald Alison's Lives of Lord Castlereagh and Sir Charles Stewart ("In the press"), and the Count de Montalbert's The Monks of the West; p. [2]: George Finlay's History of the Greek Revolution ("In the press"), Rev. J. Cave-Browne's The Punjab and Delhi in 1857, David Page's The Past and Present Life of the Globe ("In the press"), and Henry Stephens' The Book of Farm Buildings ("In the press"). Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe is George Eliot's third novel (1861). The book follows the life of title character, Silas Marner, a poor weaver wrongly accused of stealing from his local church. He attempts to set up a new simple life in the countryside hoarding the money he makes, but fate has other things in store for him-his gold is stolen and a lost child enters his life. Eliot weaves a moving tale of familial love between Silas and young Eppie, while other characters are forced to reckon with their secrets and guilt, all with the backdrop of an industrializing England. Mary Ann Evans (1819 -1880), pen name George Eliot, was a prolific writer best known for her novels Silas Marner (1861), Middlemarch (1871-1872) and Daniel Deronda (1876), to name just a few. Baker & Ross A6.1.a. Carter, Binding Variants, pp. 111-112. Parrish, p. 15. Sadleir 819. Wolff 2063. Near Fine.
Anleitung zu der musikalischen Gelahrtheit theils vor alle Gelehrte, so das Band aller Wissenschaften einsehen; theils vor die Liebhaber der edlen Tonkunst überhaupt; theils und sonderlich vor die, so das Clavier vorzüglich lieben; theils vor die Orgel- und Instrumentenmacher. Mit Kupfern und einer Vorrede des Hochedlen und Hochgelahrten Herrn, Herrn Johann Ernst Bachs, Sr. hochfürstl. Durchlaucht zu Sachsen-Weimar und Eisenach würklichen Kapellmeisters

Anleitung zu der musikalischen Gelahrtheit theils vor alle Gelehrte, so das Band aller Wissenschaften einsehen; theils vor die Liebhaber der edlen Tonkunst überhaupt; theils und sonderlich vor die, so das Clavier vorzüglich lieben; theils vor die Orgel- und Instrumentenmacher. Mit Kupfern und einer Vorrede des Hochedlen und Hochgelahrten Herrn, Herrn Johann Ernst Bachs, Sr. hochfürstl. Durchlaucht zu Sachsen-Weimar und Eisenach würklichen Kapellmeisters by ADLUNG, Jakob 1699-1762

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Anleitung zu der musikalischen Gelahrtheit theils vor alle Gelehrte, so das Band aller Wissenschaften einsehen; theils vor die Liebhaber der edlen Tonkunst überhaupt; theils und sonderlich vor die, so das Clavier vorzüglich lieben; theils vor die Orgel- und Instrumentenmacher. Mit Kupfern und einer Vorrede des Hochedlen und Hochgelahrten Herrn, Herrn Johann Ernst Bachs, Sr. hochfürstl. Durchlaucht zu Sachsen-Weimar und Eisenach würklichen Kapellmeisters
Author
ADLUNG, Jakob 1699-1762
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J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
Description
Erfurt: J. D. Jungnicol, 1758. Octavo. Contemporary dark ivory pastepaper boards with manuscript titling to spine. [i] (title), [i] (blank), [3]-30, 2, 814, [xxxiv] (index) pp. + 8 plates of engraved musical examples. Occasional decorative head- and tailpieces. Old ownership stamps to front pastedown including "Ex. bibl. F. Blume;" manuscript ownership notes dated 1884 and 1898. Binding worn, soiled, and bumped, with small identification label to upper; edges dusty; remnants of red sealing wax to front pastedown; blank free front endpaper lacking. Small rectangular library deaccession stamp to blank foot of title. A very good untrimmed copy in unusually original and fresh condition. First Edition. Scarce. Gregory-Bartlett p. 7. Hirsch I, 8. Not in Cortot or Wolffheim. RISM Ècrits p. 67. "In Anleitung zu der musikalischen Gelahrtheit Adlung organized a vast collection of information for both the scholar and amateur. He recorded all the sources of knowledge known to him about a variety of theoretical and practical subjects such as: the history of music, music and mathematics (including problems of tuning), the organ's history, registration, construction and building costs (material plundered from the Musica mechanica organoedi manuscript), descriptions of other musical instruments, the art of singing, thoroughbass, the chorale (including a significant description of various kinds of organ chorale preludes), the art of improvisation, the Italian tablature and the art of composition. This accumulation of factual data and the variety of Adlung's own practical observations have as yet to be fully assimilated in modern research. As the testimony of a learned musician, this work offers a dramatic example of the accomplishment of German musical scholarship in the mid-18th century." George J. Buelow, revised by Quentin Faulkner in Grove Music Online.
Five Photographs by Diane Arbus [Artforum May, 1971]

Five Photographs by Diane Arbus [Artforum May, 1971] by ARBUS, DIANE

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Five Photographs by Diane Arbus [Artforum May, 1971]
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ARBUS, DIANE
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The Manhattan Rare Book Company (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York: Charles Cowles, 1971. First edition. Original wrappers, custom box. Very Good. THE GROUNDBREAKING APPEARANCE OF DIANE ARBUS'S PHOTOGRAPH'S IN ARTFORUM. By 1971, "an appreciation of [Arbus's] photography was building in the art world at large... The most gratifying acknowledgement of her as an artist came not from a museum but from a magazine. Through Henry Geldzahler, the contemporary-art curator at the Metropolitan Museum, Arbus arranged a meeting with Philip Leider. The founding editor of Artforum, an influential monthly art magazine that championed modernism, Leider regarded the sculptor and land artist Robert Smithson as the most significant artist of the day. He had never featured a photographer in his pages. He didn't believe photography mixed with painting and sculpture; he wasn't even convinced that it was an art form. But he agreed to meet Geldzahler in Arbus's apartment and look at the pictures in her portfolio. "Even though he was very aware of Arbus by reputation, he didn't know her work well. The box of ten photographs astounded him. He wanted to reproduce all of the pictures in his magazine. Arbus offered him stacks of other photographs, which he looked through as she chatted with Geldzahler. A central tenet of modernism, as formulated most forcefully by the critic Clement Greenberg, is that a painter or sculptor should respect and exploit the capacities and limitations of the form in which he works. Since a canvas is flat, for example, a painter mustn't resort to trickery that would suggest otherwise. He should emphasize the flatness. Studying Arbus's pictures, Leider concluded 'that Diane's work accomplished for photography what we demanded be accomplished, under the needs of Modernism, for all arts: it owed nothing to any other art. What it had to offer could only be provided by photography.' He committed himself to publishing her work. He ended up not being able to use all ten of the photographs, but he did take six, giving each a full page. Indeed, for one of them-the pro-war demonstrator in the straw boater-he went a step further. He placed it on the cover. To jump from never including a photographer to assigning one the most prominent place in the magazine was a huge leap. The showcase for Arbus in the May 1971 issue of Artforum marked a key moment in the recognition of photography as more than a handmaiden or stepsister of art. Fully fledged, photography had flown the nest. It was a grown-up art form, with Arbus clearly a leader" (Arthur Lubow, Diane Arbus: Portrait of a Photographer). With Arbus's "poetic and gnomic" text-five short standalone paragraphs-introducing her work (ibid.). Tragically, Arbus would commit suicide only two months later, in July 1971. "Five Photographs by Diane Arbus". IN: Artforum, May 1971, Volume IX, No. 9. Quarto (10.5x10.5 inches); custom cloth box. Light rubbing to wrapper covers; text fine. An outstanding copy of a critically important issue that has become difficult to find in collectible condition.
[GONE POSTAL, 1892]. Death in The Mail. A Narrative of The Murder of a Wealthy Widow and The Trial and Conviction of The Assassin, Who was Her Physician, Attorney and Friendly Adviser

[GONE POSTAL, 1892]. Death in The Mail. A Narrative of The Murder of a Wealthy Widow and The Trial and Conviction of The Assassin, Who was Her Physician, Attorney and Friendly Adviser by Day, Martin C.

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[GONE POSTAL, 1892]. Death in The Mail. A Narrative of The Murder of a Wealthy Widow and The Trial and Conviction of The Assassin, Who was Her Physician, Attorney and Friendly Adviser
Author
Day, Martin C.
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Michael Laird Rare Books LLC (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
Providence, RI: The Providence Journal Print, 1892. First Edition. Very good. 8vo. 421 pp., with numerous illustrations. Recent wrappers. THE FIRST MURDER IN U.S. HISTORY COMMITTED THROUGH THE POSTAL SERVICE. THE SENSATIONAL TRIAL OF DR. THOMAS THATCHER GRAVES FOR THE MURDER (BY POISONING) OF JOSEPHINE A. BARNABY. DENVER, COLORADO, 1891, ILLUSTRATED WITH CURIOUS PORTRAITS. The trial lasted for six weeks, the longest murder trial in the United States up to that time. As we learn from American State Trials (vol. XIII, 1929, pp. 256 et seq.): "Mrs. Josephine A. Barnaby, a wealthy widow whose home was in Providence, R. I., had been spending the winter of 1890 at the California health resorts in company with a friend, Mrs. Edward S. Worrell, of Denver. They separated about the first of April, 1891, it being understood that they were to meet in Denver, where Mrs. Worrell was visiting her son. Mrs. Barnaby arrived in Denver April 9th, and joined her friend, who informed her that a package had arrived by mail addressed to her and was waiting for her at the office of her son. The next morning Mrs. Barnaby went to the office to get the package, accompanied by Mrs. Worrell. It was opened there and proved to be a box with a sliding wooden top, with no mark upon it except a Liebig's extract label. Inside was a bottle wrapped in white paper with a piece of paper pasted on the side and written thereon were these words: "Wish you a happy New Year. Please accept this fine old Whiskey from your friends in the woods." "Mrs. Barnaby, when she read the inscription, said: "It must be from Bennett." The box the next day was carried to the Worrell residence and taken by Mrs. Barnaby to her room. Two days later the two ladies, after returning somewhat fatigued from a long drive in the country, indulged in a "toddy," which Mrs. Barnaby prepared from the alleged whiskey in the bottle from the woods. They both noticed its bitter taste and in a few minutes were seized with pains, nausea and intense thirst. Physicians were summoned but, after lingering nearly unconscious for a week, Mrs. Barnaby died. In her conscious moments she declared that she had been poisoned and was positive that her friends, the Bennetts, had not sent it and once she exclaimed: "I wonder if it can be possible that Dr. Graves could do such a thing." "On May 18, 1891, a grand jury returned an indictment charging Dr. Thomas Thatcher Graves with the murder of Mrs. Barnaby. The trial began on November 24th and lasted four weeks. The facts just outlined and many others were proved by witnesses. Medical men declared the contents of the bottle to be a preparation of arsenic of a most deadly character and one not to be purchased ordinarily at a drug store but requiring preparation by a person acquainted with toxocology and chemistry. Experts also gave their opinion that the address on the package and the New Year's greeting on the bottle were in the handwriting of the accused. The jury, after a short consultation, brought in a verdict of guilty and he was sentenced to be hanged. "The Supreme Court reversed the conviction and ordered a new trial on account of an incorrect instruction of the trial judge, but before it could take place, Dr. Graves defeated his prosecutors by committing suicide [possibly by poisoning] in his cell in the Denver jail." Scarce in commerce: no copy is listed in Rare Book Hub, which currently has over 10 million records in the Rare Book Transaction Database. Ours is the only copy currently on the market. CENSUS OF COPIES: N-YHS, Yale Law, Harvard Law, Countway Medical, UMich (Clements), Univ Minnesota. Further literature: Barnaby Conrad, A Revolting Transaction (New York: Arbor House, 1983).
A Man Transfers His Dividend Payment From The South Sea Company Two Years After That Company Hit The Peak Of Its Famous Bubble

A Man Transfers His Dividend Payment From The South Sea Company Two Years After That Company Hit The Peak Of Its Famous Bubble by SOUTH SEA BUBBLE

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A Man Transfers His Dividend Payment From The South Sea Company Two Years After That Company Hit The Peak Of Its Famous Bubble
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SOUTH SEA BUBBLE
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Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc. (United States)
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(THE SOUTH SEA COMPANY). The South Sea Company was a British venture established in 1711 to trade with South American colonies. Its publicly-traded stock became the subject of a massive bubble in 1720. Shares traded for 1050 British Pounds in June of that year, up from a mere 128 in January, but then fell back to the 100 range by the end of the year. Companies and private individuals alike were financially devastated when the bubble burst, and many of the companys key figures were eventually prosecuted for various sorts of corruption.ADS. 1pg. 6 x 7 . July 28, 1722. N.p. An autograph document signed Tho. Macro and written in the same hand. Mr. Macro transfers his dividend payment from South Sea Company stock to John Creichton of London: Sr please to pay my Dividend of mid Summer cost for all my stock in the South Sea Company to Dr. John Creichton being 633:6:8 and this shall be yr dischange from yr unknown humble sert Tho. Macro. Macro received this dividend about two years after the South Sea Company reached its highest price and over one year after the bubble had fully collapsed. The document is in very good condition with a few small holes and a small piece removed from the bottom edge of the paper. The address leaf is on the verso. A memory of one of the financial markets great stock bubbles.
Shenandoah Valley Resident Writes To Confederate Colonel Kenton Harper Discussing Defense Of The Valley And Seeking Promotion For His Disabled Brother

Shenandoah Valley Resident Writes To Confederate Colonel Kenton Harper Discussing Defense Of The Valley And Seeking Promotion For His Disabled Brother by ROBERT W. BURKE

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Shenandoah Valley Resident Writes To Confederate Colonel Kenton Harper Discussing Defense Of The Valley And Seeking Promotion For His Disabled Brother
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ROBERT W. BURKE
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Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc. (United States)
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(CIVIL WAR IN VIRGINIA). ALS. 1 pg. 8 x 10. August 31, 1864. Richmond, Virginia. An autograph letter signed RW Burke to Col Kenton Harper: I learn from the authorities that there are at least forty thousand detached men in Virginia who will legitimately belong to the reserve force and in addition to these there are many below the age who would be willing to unite with it provided it is properly officered. For this reason Gen Kemper has in his appointments endeavored to select at Colonels gentlemen who possess large sectional influence, as well as Tried military capacity I do not flatter you when I say that your acceptance of the Colonelcy of the August regiment would give great satisfaction not only to your fellow citizens of the Valley but to your many friends here -. In the event you acceptmy brother Capt Thomas J Burke can secure the Lieut Colonelcy, and he is perfectly willing to relieve you of the trouble of organizing the regiment Hoping that this will receive yourconsideration. This letter reveals how military matters during the Civil War often worked in tandem with self-serving advancement. By August of 1864, the Shenandoah Valley, the breadbasket of the Confederacy, was under mortal threat from Union General Philip Sheridan. Though the Confederate forces under General Jubal Early, under whom Kenton Harper served, had once been able to hold their own, by the end of the summer they were collapsing under Sheridans constant and successful military actions and his total war tactics similar to Sheridans concurrent March to the Sea. To increase Earlys army, Robert W. Burke discusses an effort by General James Kemper, leader of the Virginia Reserves, to send a force to unite with Earlys. Burke proposes that Harper lead such a force and that Burkes brother, Captain Thomas J. Burke be his second. Such a promotion would have been laughable given Captain Burke had been listed as Wounded leg, permanently disabled after the 1862 Battle of Gaines Mill. In the end, nothing seems to have come from Burkes proposal as Harper led no such force, the Valley was lost for the Confederacy after Octobers Battle of Cedar Creek, and Thomas Burke left active duty that December. The letter is in excellent condition with some folds.
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Roma in Dagherrotipia by Becchetti, P. & C. Pietrangeli

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Roma in Dagherrotipia
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Becchetti, P. & C. Pietrangeli
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J.B. Muns, Fine Arts Books (United States)
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Very Good
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ca 200+ photo illustrations, indices, appendix. In Italian.
Dr. Leon's Family Receipt Book, on the nature, utility, and beauty if hair. Remarks relative to the treatment of young children for the housewife. Dr. Leon's celebrated preparations... With a Calendar Almanac for 1868

Dr. Leon's Family Receipt Book, on the nature, utility, and beauty if hair. Remarks relative to the treatment of young children for the housewife. Dr. Leon's celebrated preparations... With a Calendar Almanac for 1868 by [Almanac – Culinary & patent medicine; Ziegler & Smith (Philadelphia, Pa.)]

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Dr. Leon's Family Receipt Book, on the nature, utility, and beauty if hair. Remarks relative to the treatment of young children for the housewife. Dr. Leon's celebrated preparations... With a Calendar Almanac for 1868
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[Almanac – Culinary & patent medicine; Ziegler & Smith (Philadelphia, Pa.)]
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Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink (United States)
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Philadelphia: Ziegler & Smith, Sole Proprietors, 1867. Booklet, stapled in wrappers (16.5 x 12 cm.), 32 pages. Illustrated. FIRST & ONLY EDITION. While an almanac, there is no evidence of other issues. A promotional almanac and recipe book, for the patent medicines produced by Dr. Leon, specifically his Infant Remedy and Electric Hair Renewer. The promotion of the remedies is interwoven with culinary and household recipes, Soft Gingerbread, Winter Herbs, An Easy Method of producing Mushrooms, Apple Fritters, Lady Cake... Light edgewear, otherwise near fine in publisher's printed, pale blue wrappers. Scarce. [OCLC locates just one copy, and no copies of issues with other dates].
The Centaur Company's Receipt Book: Breakfast, Dinner & Tea [cover title]

The Centaur Company's Receipt Book: Breakfast, Dinner & Tea [cover title] by [Almanac – patent medicine]; Centaur Co. (New York, N.Y.)

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Title
The Centaur Company's Receipt Book: Breakfast, Dinner & Tea [cover title]
Author
[Almanac – patent medicine]; Centaur Co. (New York, N.Y.)
Seller
Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink (United States)
Description
New York: The Centaur Co, 1880. Stapled booklet (16 x 10 cm.), 32 pages. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION. A small promotional cookbook in the form of an almanac, from the makers of Centaur Liniments, with recipes, testimonials, and descriptions of the applications of this miraculous cure from lands far and wide. As is typical of these books, the recipes are very brief and uncredited. Short closed tear to fold of wrappers decorated in black, red, and yellow, depicting a Near Eastern landscape with buildings and camel. Tiny pink cord to hang the booklet in the kitchen. Near fine.
Hold Your Hour and Have Another

Hold Your Hour and Have Another by BEHAN, Brendan

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Title
Hold Your Hour and Have Another
Author
BEHAN, Brendan
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Biblioctopus (United States)
Description
London: Hutchinson of London, 1963. Uncorrected proof. Orange printed wrappers. A little cocked, a trifle soiled, a nice, near fine copy.
Unknown Family traveling by Ship to Europe with their Automobile

Unknown Family traveling by Ship to Europe with their Automobile by Unknown Family traveling by Ship to Europe

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Unknown Family traveling by Ship to Europe with their Automobile
Author
Unknown Family traveling by Ship to Europe
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The Bookpress, Ltd. (United States)
Description
(AUTOMOBILE TRAVEL - PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM - EUROPE) Unknown Family traveling b Ship to Europe with their Automobile. (N.P.: circa 1920s?). Oblong 8vo. (7 1/2 x 10 inches). Black boards. (16) st cardstock pages, each with two mounted photographs, attached envelope in back with loose photographs. Rare example of early 20th century automobile travel photographic album of an unidentified family (probably British) travels to Europe first by ship then b car. Photographs clearly show as much of the car (being loaded on to and unloaded from ship) and is featured in the travel pictures. The scenery and architectural monuments seem to be either France or Germany. With a total of photographs (5 x 3 inches) mounted and 19 small photographs (2 3/4 x 1 3/4 inches).
Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club: a quarterly journal of ornithology.

Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club: a quarterly journal of ornithology. by Allen, J.A.; Spencer F. Baird; Elliott Coues.

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Title
Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club: a quarterly journal of ornithology.
Author
Allen, J.A.; Spencer F. Baird; Elliott Coues.
Seller
Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Cambridge: The Nuttall Ornithological Club, 1876. First edition. Very Good. 25 cm; 100 pages and hand-colored frontispiece plate by Robert Ridgeway. Original wraps and indices bound in at end. In blue buckram. With articles by the great ornithologists of the later 19th century: Brewer, Brewster, Ridgway, Henshaw, Coues, Allen, Cooper, and on and on.
International Night Life: The Magazine of Night Club Activities: Volume One, Number One

International Night Life: The Magazine of Night Club Activities: Volume One, Number One

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Title
International Night Life: The Magazine of Night Club Activities: Volume One, Number One
Seller
Sanctuary Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good+
Description
Philadelphia: Great Eastern Associates, n.d. (c. 1950?). Paperback. Very Good+. Staple-bound color illustrated wraps; 4to; pp. [16], with ads and illustrations in b/w and full-color. Covers a little rubbed along the edges; small spot of soiling at top margin of front cover. Includes 8 full-page color engravings from paintings of the women featured in the revue at the International Casino; a program of the BRAVO revue; and more.
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The Poems Of Alfred, Lord Tennyson by Tennyson, Alfred Lord. Illustrated by Reynolds Stone

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Title
The Poems Of Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Author
Tennyson, Alfred Lord. Illustrated by Reynolds Stone
Seller
James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.) (United States)
Condition
Fine condition / Fine condition dust jacket
Description
Limited Editions Club. Fine condition / Fine condition dust jacket. Introduction by John D. Rosenberg. Illustrated with wood engravings by Reynolds Stone. Designed by John Dreyfus. Printed at the University Printing House in Cambridge. One of 2000 numbered copies signed by the artist. Bound in quarter leather with cloth over boards. Title is stamped in black and gold on the spine with a black portrait medallion of the poet on the front cover. Monthly LEC letter is laid in. Book is fine in a fine slipcase.
Die Schriftgiesser Bartholomäus Voskens in Hamburg und Reinhard Voskens in Frankfurt a. M.

Die Schriftgiesser Bartholomäus Voskens in Hamburg und Reinhard Voskens in Frankfurt a. M. by Gustav Mori (1872-1950)

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Title
Die Schriftgiesser Bartholomäus Voskens in Hamburg und Reinhard Voskens in Frankfurt a. M.
Author
Gustav Mori (1872-1950)
Seller
John Howell for Books (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
Frankfurt am Main: Gustav Mori, no date [but 1923]. 4to. 11 3/8 x 9 inches. Unpaginated. [ii], 6 pp. 2 plates (loose from the stubs originally mounted upon); text clean, unmarked, paper lightly toned. Cloth spine, cloth tips, patterned paper over boards, printed paper label on front cover; binding square, rubbed. Two bookplates on the front paste-down: "Graphische Fachbücherei Heinrich Jost, Frankfurt A. M" and "Bibliothek der Bauerschen Giesserei, Frankfurt A M." SCARCE. CH818-922c. Good. LIMITED EDITION of 150 copies, this is number 6, printed in Alte Schwabacher Wertschrift type. "Voskens is a celebrated name in the history of Dutch type founding. The first members of the family of Whom we have knowledge were two brothers, Bartholomeus and Reinhard Voskens, natives of Rotterdam, who on May 21, 1641, formed a partnership "to produce punches, matrices and the equipment essential to a typefoundry, which they proposed to establish.'". McMurtrie, The Inland Printer, October 1924, p. 59. This volume is dedicated to the participants at the 28th Annual General Meeting of the Association of German Type Foundries and in particular Benjamin Krebs. Gustav Mori was born at Frankfurt am Main; he was a German type designer who was the head of head of the department at the type foundry Stempel from 1908 until his retirement. As a collector, he owned more than 200 original typeface samples from various German type foundries from the 15th to the 20th century. Mori's collection of title pages, printer's devices, initials and specialist literature was donated to a museum he founded in 1940, but most of it was destroyed during World War II. The remainder was given to the Gutenberg Museum in Mainz. Mori was awarded the Goethe Plaque by the City of Frankfurt in 1947. Worldcat shows 13 library holdings.
The Red Goose Book, Forty-Eight Pages of Variety

The Red Goose Book, Forty-Eight Pages of Variety

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Title
The Red Goose Book, Forty-Eight Pages of Variety
Seller
Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Description
Kenosha, Wisconsin: John Martin's House, Inc, 1946. Frances HEILPRIN, Jo McMAHON, Carton MOOREPARK. [JUVENILE] [ILLUSTRATED]. James & Jonathan Company, Kenosha, Wisconsin, copyright. Francis HEILPRIN, Jo McMAHON, Carton MOOREPARK, and others, illustrations. 4to (11" x 8 ¼"); [44]pp; color pictorial boards, brightly colored pictorial of two geese on the front and rooster on the rear; color title in a banner on the front board; color pictorial eps; color illustrations throughout; bottom edge scuffed with loss, bottom corners bumped, lightly aged paper; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket lacking price, rear flap has publisher's ad, small rubs and chips to edges, 1' closed tear on rear bottom; very good in very good dj. OCLC locates 6 copies. Brightly colored illustrations decorate the compiled stories, rhymes, and word games. Unusual find in this condition with a dust jacket. Stories from Aesop, a Nonsense Alphabet from Edward Lear, and familiar nursery tales are renamed and edited. Additionally, there are two activity pages for painting and writing poetry.
The Adventures Of Hajji Baba Of Ispahan

The Adventures Of Hajji Baba Of Ispahan by MORIER, James

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Title
The Adventures Of Hajji Baba Of Ispahan
Author
MORIER, James
Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
New York: Random House, 1937. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Foreword by Christopher Morley. Illustrated by Cyrus LeRoy Ballridge. Small quarto. Decorative cloth reproducing the jacket design. A fine copy in a faintly spine-toned, very good dust jacket with several tiny chips and tears and a modestly sized chip on the front cover. Does not state "First Edition" on the copyright page as trade books from Random House did at the time although, to quote Zempel and Verkler's *First Editions: A Guide to Identification*, an exception is made for "limited editions where all the necessary information is contained on the colophon... ." A printed colophon is present here giving publication information, although a proper limitation (i.e. number of copies printed) isn't given.
Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath

Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath by CLARK, Heather

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Title
Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath
Author
CLARK, Heather
Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780307961167
Condition
Fine
Description
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2020. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. 1118pp. Illustrated with photographic plates. Fine lacking the dust jacket.
Love Is a Carousel (Original photograph from the 1971 film)

Love Is a Carousel (Original photograph from the 1971 film) by Roy P. Cheverton (director); Marvin C. Sariopero (screenwriter); Eleanor Gary, Tee Jay Johnston, Maria Robles (starring)

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Title
Love Is a Carousel (Original photograph from the 1971 film)
Author
Roy P. Cheverton (director); Marvin C. Sariopero (screenwriter); Eleanor Gary, Tee Jay Johnston, Maria Robles (starring)
Seller
Royal Books (United States)
Description
N.p.: Temarro Films, 1971. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1971 film. After being raped by her stepmother's boyfriend, while her stepmother watched, Doria leaves home. She hooks up with a tender lesbian and models for two artists who introduce her to marijuana and LSD. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.
An Exhibition of Paintings by Setsuko

An Exhibition of Paintings by Setsuko by SETSUKO

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Title
An Exhibition of Paintings by Setsuko
Author
SETSUKO
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Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
London and Tokyo, Japan: The Lefevre Gallery and The Seibu Department Stores, Ltd, 1989. First edition. Softcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran October 5-27, 1989 in London and November 18-19, 1989 in Tokyo. Text in English and Japanese. Features a foreword by Denys Sutton. Includes numerous color illustrations and a checklist. A near fine copy in wrappers.
Animal Pictures for the Little Ones

Animal Pictures for the Little Ones

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Animal Pictures for the Little Ones
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Underground Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
New York: McLoughlin Bros, 1902. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 8 3/4" X 6 3/4". Unpaginated. Wear to pictorial paper wraps with toning, creasing, rubbing, and surface paper loss to covers, corners, and edges. Foxing, toning, and pencil marks to linen pages. Black-and-white and color illustrations throughout. Binding is sound. An admittedly worn, but overall solid copy of this 1902 "untearable" linen children's book on animals.
Trayectoria de Martí

Trayectoria de Martí by Leyva, René Armando

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Title
Trayectoria de Martí
Author
Leyva, René Armando
Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description
Miami: Editorial AIP, 1967. Paperback. 159p. in illustrated wraps, a few pages unopened, bottom right corner bumped otherwise in very good condition. Text in Spanish. Biography featuring selected extracts from Jose Martí and his contemporaries, shaping an anti-communist interpretation of his philosophy.
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By The Beautiful Sea by ABRAHAMS, William

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Title
By The Beautiful Sea
Author
ABRAHAMS, William
Seller
Houle Rare Books & Autographs (United States)
Description
New York, The Dial Press, 1947.. First edition. 8vo. Dust jacket designed by Arthur Hawkins (unclipped; short tears; few nicks). Text browning due to paper quality. Very good. 224 pages.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.
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Popol Vuh: The Definitive Edition of the Mayan Book of the Dawn of Life and the Glories of Gods and Kings by Tedlock, Dennis

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Popol Vuh: The Definitive Edition of the Mayan Book of the Dawn of Life and the Glories of Gods and Kings
Author
Tedlock, Dennis
Seller
Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Simon and Schuster, 1985. Very Good. Tedlock, Dennis. Popol Vuh: The Definitive Edition of the Mayan Book of the Dawn of Life and the Glories of Gods and Kings. NY: Simon and Schuster, 1985. 380pp. Illustrated. Bibliography. Glossary. 8vo. Yellow 1/4 cloth. Book condition: Very good with bumped spine ends.. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with rubbed edges..
A PLAYDATE WITH DEATH

A PLAYDATE WITH DEATH by WALDMAN, Ayelet

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A PLAYDATE WITH DEATH
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WALDMAN, Ayelet
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Antic Hay Books (United States)
Description
Berkley Prime Crime, 2002. WALDMAN, Ayelet. A PLAYDATE WITH DEATH. NY: Berkley Prime Crime, [2002]. 8vo., boards in dust jacket; 229 pages. First Edition, first printing. Signed presentation by Waldman on title page. Fine in fine d/j. $10.00.

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